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The family of the deceased and police from Embakasi visited the mortuary and identified the body

Embakasi East returning officer who was announced missing by IEBC chair Wafula Chebukati has been found dead.

Daniel Mbolu Musyoka went missing on August 11, according to Chebukati. At the time of his disappearance, he was at the East African School of Aviation tallying center. A missing report had been made to police.

IEBC Chair Wafula Chebukati announced the IEBC officer was winning. PHOTO | COURTESY

His remains were found at a thicket in Marikio area on Monday and taken to a local morgue.

Police who visited the scene said he seemed to have been tortured to death. 

The family of the deceased and police from Embakasi visited the mortuary and identified the body.

While announcing his missing, IEBC chair Wafula Chebukati said they had tried to reach him but to no avail.

"Musyokas family and the Commission have been trying to reach him without success. A report of a missing person has been made at Embakasi police station," Chebukati said.

The deceased’s wife Tabitha Mbolu and daughter Prudence Mbolu had the last phone conversation with him before he went missing. 

Prudence revealed to journalists that her father’s colleagues at IEBC called him after they failed to reach the missing officer on phone.